Cuff-holder



(No Model.)

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No. 334,391. Patented Jan. 12, 1333' WITNESSES Z Hum/r03 Attorney UNITEDSTATES PATE T OFFICE.

FREDERICK E. KOHLER, OF CANTON, OHIO.

CUFF-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming partof Letters Patent No. 334,391, dated January12, 1886.

Application filed November 7, 1885. Serial No. 182,134. (No model.)

1' 0 all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FREDERICK E. KOHLER, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Canton, county of Stark, State of Ohio, have inventeda new and useful Improvement in Cuff-Holders, of which the following isa full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, making part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in cuff-holders; and it consists inproviding a cuffholder as hereinafter specified, and set forth in theclaim.

Letter A, Figure 1, is a view of my invention as applied to a cuff. Fig.2 is a view of one form of my improved cuff-holder, showing the bars I)b of the hook-shank about parallel with each other. Fig. 3 is a viewshowing the shank-bars b b formed in semicircles d d, and adapted toembrace the neck of a sleevebutton,f, Fig. 5.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre sponding parts.

The cuff-holder may be made of any suit able metal spring-wire of aboutNo. 17 gage, and may be formed by. cutting the wire in suitable lengthssay about five and one-half inches long. Bend this piece in its middleback on itself, forming a long U, with the sides I) 1) parallel andabout one-eighth of one inch apart. Turn the bent end over the sides I)b, so as to form the hook (I. This hook may be from one-half tothree-fourths of one inch long, and should be about parallel with andover the shank b b, and about one-eighth of one inch above saidshank-bars, which may be of any desired length, but preferably about oneinch, at which point g the wire maybe bent out sidewise at about a rightangle for the distance of about one-half of one inch to a point, h, atwhich point it is formed or bent out to a line at about aright anglewith the section between 9 and h and parallel with the shanks b b, andthe end of the wire turned back on itself, or may be formed into aringor any desired form of finish. The end of the wire b at g is crossedover to the 11 side, and the wire on the b side at g is crossed over tothe b side, so that when the ends J J are pressed together the parallelor shank bars b b will be moved apart, as shown by Fig. 4, so that theholder .may be placed over the button or removed from the button.

As hereinbefore stated, the shanks b and b may be formed as shown at dand d, so as to embrace the neck of the button, to prevent any slidingmovement of the holder on the button. The hook a may be ornamented witha button or any other form of ornament. I

I do not wish to be confined to the described method of forming thecuff-holder, as the mat ter of forming may be better accomplished by theuse of machinery adapted for the purpose.

Having described one method of forming my improved ouffholder, what Iclaim as new,

and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

As a new article of manufacture, a cuffholder made of a single piece ofspi'ingwire, bent substantially as described, and provided at one endwith a hook for the attachment of the cuff thereto, and at its other endwith a FREDERICK E. KOHLER.

Witnesses:

W. K. MILLER, OHAs. R. MILLER.

